GEF -IWCAM and IABIN Indicators Mechanism Workshop GEF M&E and Indicators 10-12 March 2008

Objectives of the Session Provide an initial introduction to GEF International Waters Indicators & Outcomes Discuss their incorporation into project work planning, execution, and monitoring www.iwcam.org

GEF M&E Framework What is monitoring? The continuous or periodic process of collecting and analyzing data to measure the performance of a program, project, or activity Allows regular feedback on implementation and progress towards the attainment of objectives. www.iwcam.org

GEF M&E Framework Why monitor for GEF projects? Reporting requirements of GEF Performance measurement Identify need for corrective action Determine if project should continue www.iwcam.org

GEF M&E Framework What does monitoring require? Baseline data Indicators Field visits Stakeholder consultations Feedback mechanism www.iwcam.org

What are Indicators & Outcomes? Indicators are quantitative or qualitative statements that can be used to describe existing situations and measure changes or trends over time. defines the performance standard that, when reached, represents achievement of an objective. An Outcome is an actual or intended change in development conditions that project interventions are seeking to support. www.iwcam.org

Types of Indicators & Outcomes Most IW Projects were required to develop specifically process indicators, stress reduction indicators, and environmental status indicators All GEF projects NOW expected to establish a suite of International Waters Outcomes as well as Indicators using the “Process, SR and Env./Water Resources Status” Outcomes and Indicators framework www.iwcam.org

Process Indicators/Outcomes Establish regional or national frameworks/ conditions for improving transboundary environmental/water resources quality or quantity Do not (on their own) deliver stress reduction or improved environmental/water resources quality or quantity www.iwcam.org

Process Indicators/Outcomes Demonstrate actual, on-the-ground institutional and political progress in the journey to solving complex IW problems Assist in tracking the domestic and regional institutional, policy, legislative, and regulatory reforms necessary to bring about change Likely the most important indicators of success in an initial GEF IW intervention www.iwcam.org

Process Indicator/Outcome Examples Outcomes: Functioning national inter-ministry coordination and communication Multi-country agreement on regional legal mechanism for waterbody management Indicators: Reports of national inter-ministry committees Transboundary waters convention/agreement/protocol (e.g. LBS Protocol) www.iwcam.org

Process Indicator/Outcome Examples Outcomes: National legislation or policy reformed to address priority transboundary problems Broad stakeholder involvement in transboundary waterbody priority setting and strategic planning Indicators: New national legislation or policy Stakeholder involvement plans and reports www.iwcam.org

Process Indicator/Outcome Examples Outcomes: Newly established and/or strengthened (existing) transboundary waters institutions Regional environmental monitoring system established Indicators: Legal documents for new institutions Web site or periodic reports of waterbody environmental status data www.iwcam.org

Stress Reduction Indicators/Outcomes Relate to specific on-the-ground measures implemented by the collaborating countries Represent documentation that an on-the-ground action occurred Characterize and quantify specific reductions in environmental/water resources stress on water bodies www.iwcam.org

Stress Reduction Indicators/Outcomes Stress Reduction Indicators are usually delivered through Demonstration Projects Need to be measured and reported against a (previous) baseline level and year www.iwcam.org

Stress Reduction Indicator/Outcome Examples Outcomes: Reduced point source discharges to shared waterbody Reduced non-point source pollution of shared waterbody through altered land management practices Indicators: Year on year (and associated change in) point source pollutant release into waterbody (mt/yr) Hectares of land under improved practices (ha) www.iwcam.org

Stress Reduction Indicator/Outcome Examples Outcomes: More sustainable use of groundwater resources in shared aquifer Increased capacity of wetlands for water storage, pollutant uptake and as habitat for biodiversity Indicators: Increase in groundwater recharge rate (m3/sec); increase in water use efficiency leading to reduced extraction rate (m3/ha/yr in irrigation) Area of wetlands restored (hectares) www.iwcam.org

Environmental/Water Resource Indicators & Outcomes Demonstrate improvements in the environmental/water resources status of transboundary waterbodies “Snapshots” of environmental and socioeconomic conditions at a given point in time; reported against baseline in order to show change/improvements www.iwcam.org

Environmental/Water Resource Indicators & Outcomes For the projects that mainly address protection measures, maintenance of good quality indicators rather than improvements may be the objective Countries must harmonize their sampling, laboratory, and analysis methods and agree on parameters to be tracked in order to measure progress Indicators should be established jointly by countries www.iwcam.org

Environmental/WR Indicator/Outcome Examples Outcomes: Improved hydrological status of waterbody impacted by over-extraction Increased or maintained mangrove coverage in coastal area Indicators: Year on year change in area/volume of waterbody (km2, km3) Year on year change in proportion of coastal area with healthy mangrove ecosystems (%) www.iwcam.org

Environmental/WR Indicator/Outcome Examples Outcomes: Improved waterbody chemical, biophysical or biological parameters Reduced POPs contamination in marine food chain Indicators: Year on year changes in BOD, salinity, nutrients, heavy metals, etc. in water (mg/l) or sediments (mg/g) Year on year changes in POPs concentrations at various levels in the food chain (ug/g) www.iwcam.org

GEF vs Catalytic Indicators/Outcomes Achieved wholly or largely through processes external to the project (e.g. other donors, non-GEF supported government reforms) GEF: Those that the GEF was wholly or considered largely responsible for delivering (even if through committed co-financing). www.iwcam.org

Outcomes vs Outputs Only project Outcomes, not Outputs (or Activities), and their associated Indicators, should be reported in the GEF International Waters Results Template Outcomes include key results such as regional legal agreements (convention), functioning national inter-ministry coordination, national and regional policy/legal reforms, establishment or strengthening of joint waterbody institutions www.iwcam.org

Outcomes vs Outputs Outputs relate to the completion (rather than the conduct) of Activities. Outputs include goods and services generated by the project s.a. meeting or workshop reports, studies, completion of awareness raising activities, operational project offices, completed training courses, new infrastructure, etc. www.iwcam.org

Outcomes vs Outputs Outcomes: Outputs: Multi-country agreement on governance reforms Reduced nutrient discharge stress on the waterbody Outputs: Successful convening of intergovernmental meeting Construction (with GEF co-funding) of a wastewater treatment plant including nutrient reduction www.iwcam.org

Outcomes vs Outputs Outcomes: Outputs: Reduced toxics stress on the river basin Improved water or sediment quality of a river Outputs: Donor funding to implement industrial process reforms that reduce toxic pollution discharges to a basin Annual pollution monitoring survey www.iwcam.org

THANK YOU! Sasha Beth Gottlieb GEF-IWCAM Technical Coordinator sgottlieb@cehi.org.lc Skype: sbgottlieb Tel: 758 452 2501 www.iwcam.org